Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1933 — Page 1

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LAME DUCK AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED

■NV MEASURES IE INTRODUCED 111 MUSE TODAY H Bill Would Prevent Wnployers From JnI I lluencing Votes K LI) PROVIDE |Bri E TEXT BOOKS Bllli i>i:i|' ,| l* s - -hin. 23 UJ.R) niliiidetl l<> prevent KiL <il llit ir employes in < le< lions was intro- ■| in Hie house of repreEltivcs today bv Bern B. Democrat ol West’ . Il provides ptmbv lines ranging s-j;, | (l .<>() and imprisBenl from 30 to 00 days' ■Th, secuud pari mutuel bill to ed in the present sesoffered today by RepreCharles .1. Allardt of Bend and Pat J. Cain of Wayne, both Democrats, - all horse racetracks and (hat the state re2ii cents out of each track passed a senate resoiaiizlng congress to the prohibition laws. ft-' unemployment insurof the session was introtoday by Representative S Galloway of Indianapolis. <i that employers be o aside an unemployinv lame fund of two per the annual payroll. Rene he limited to 13 weeks ■s».ir.;- u.a.ld range upward tia-e (in regular salaries, introduced anolherj which would provide free’ tor school pupils. The kL won'.: purchased by the ■ from I'ui'.ds raised through on malt and tobacco. Hi Would Close School Jan. 23- (U.R) — of her the Muncie m Indiana State Teachers at Terre Haute, suapenof the teacher's minimum and diastie curtailment ot at other state instiniwas suggested to he legistodac by John S. Moorman, B- man of the Indiana state r.^V u board and chairman of the] purchasing commission. !■» memorial addressed to tho Moorman stated econo Blis neci.--.iy because "ability ,>N PAGE THHRE dßloiti Mass Thursday Min,| memorial mass Iste Rev. Fater Pulius A. will be held at St. Mary’s Thursday morning . 11 <i ■!•:. A solemn requiem "ill be celebrated and •^B r ' nii " ■ Kohne of Bluffton act as celebrant of Rather Seimetz’s death ,.| n | ler og and the me- ■*> mass is said 30 days follow * K IIM BAILEY | DIES TODAY n H n ■ — ‘■i'll nun b' Man Dies JB 1 Home Near Monroe i H This Morning . Bailey, 32. of southeast ; 'Kt°" r " C ' <llwl at 11:30 o’el'X'k ’ morning following a short ..HL" i,! ' bailey became ill ■ the fl « while visiting with 1 Ba''** 8 - at Cleveland, Ohio. e ■“'' Wednesday he left t'leveH w return to his home in ? Hi e *’e became seriously ill '• of Monroe was '• K vt' I^ran Se and returned Rt hi r Ba,ley - His condition ’ H to have been improve H,. en he suddenly became HL heath resulted Monday k ■''ng. * Bobing are the parents. Mr. ■.to- George Bailey of near with whom the deceased HL 8 e his home, and a sister. .HZ d arrangements had not e Kj C ? mPle,ed ' Thp body WftH t ® the I-obenstein Funeral *Ki i Moni ' oe “t" 1 wlll he re- ■ 0 the home Tuesday.

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A heavy fog failed to frighten Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt on her scheduled flight from Newark to Chicago, but because air line officials ruled it unwise she was forced to take a train after reaching Cleveland. Picture shows Mrs. Roosevelt speaking to an audience in Orchestra Hall in Chicav >. Her subject was. 'Politics and Young People ”

Mrs. Moser Buried Borne, Ind.. Jan. 23 —(Special)' -—Funeral services were held to I day for Mrs. John S Moser, 75.1 who died at 9:45 o’clock Saturday I night at the home of her daugh-| j ter. Mis. Jacob J. Yoder of west lof Berne. Sorvices were held a: ’ I:3lso'clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Linn Grove Missionary vhuivli. Burial was made in the M R. E. cemetery. Mrs. Moser had suffered for It) months with diabetes. The deceased was horn in .Monroe township* December 10. 1855, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Peter Steiner. She was united in marriage 67 years ago to John S. Moser who preceded her in death, 26 years ago. Surviving are seven.! children and one sisrter. Three ! i children preceded her in death. LARGE CROWDS ATTEND SCHOOL Exten -ion Schools Held At Monroe Last Week Are Well Attended Large crowds attended the extension school at Monroe Thursday and Friday. Kelley E. Be ■ :<>♦» assisted in conducting the lime and le gume school on Thursday. He discussed the uses of sweet clover and alfalfa, their needs for lime and also the light liming practices which seem to be giving considerfile promise in securing good stands of the higher value legumes. Merwin Miller, tester for Adams county dairy herd improvement association, gate comp.rative figures for the association. A record crowd attended the hog school Friday. John Schwab of Purdue stated that hog troubles were pig troubles and illustrated the management methods and feeding methods that hive been so suoceasfully carried ont by hundreds of Indiana hog raisers. Dr. G. F. Eichhorn assisted by dissecting a runt pig and showed damage done by round worms to the internal organs. About a dozen farmers expressed their desire to be cooperators in the Adams county thrifty pig plan Court In Vacation I Tite November term of the Adams ; icircuit count closed Saturday, Jan- | uary 21. The court will be in vaca- ( tion fm a two-weeks period, the February term opening Monday. . February 6. , -> —— Max Fisher Dies _—— i Fort Wayne. Ind.. Jan. 23—(UP' ' --Mix B Fisher. 76, founder and president of the Fisher Brothers ' paper company here, died at his home Sunday of a heart attack. ■

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State, National And lairrnntlonal .News

THREE KILLED DURING FIGHT Additional Trouble Is Feared With Laborers In Germany Cologne. Jan. 23 —(U.R) - Three workers died today of bullet wounds received yesterday in a tight between police and 806 labor demonstrators. Five other worker:; were in a critical condition. Police were stoned and many officers and men were injured. Fear Trouble Berlin. Jan. 23 —<U.R) —Renewed clashes between Fascists and Communists were feared today j after street fighting yesterday in which one laborer was killed, a policeman badly injured, and 40 i civilians wounded. The fighting broke out when Fascists, wearing their brown I shirt toiforms and singing Nazi | songs, returned from ceremonies at the grave of Horst Wessel, a Nazi slain by communists three years ago and in whose memory ; the national party song was writ tern Adolf Hitler addressed the Nazis at Wessel's grave in Nicolai cemetery. Communists objected because the Nazis held their main demonoration in front of red headquartets in Buelow square. Police clamped the lid on the area a mile around the square, and 12,000 * enNTCVI'ETI ON PAGE THREE \ O TWO DROWN AT INDIANAPOLIS Newly - Married Couple Meet Death Two Hours After Wedding Indianapolis. Jan. 23 — (UP) Formal inquest was ordered today into the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Evans. Richmond, two hours after their marriage here. Evans and his bride were on route to a wedding supper when their car plunged Into Fill creek at the end of Tallxrt street. Fred Swisher. Cimpbellstown, 0., and Mrs. Nora Higgs. 28. Indianapolis, passengers in the rear seat, escaped ■by rolling down a window and swimming to shore. Roth Swisher and Mrs. Higgs were ti.iken to a hospital, but neither suffered ill effects. The bodies of Evans and his wife were recovered by police who were forced to mike a hole In the top of the car. High waters hampered their rescue work. Only a red light at the end of Talbot street warns motorists that the [ CONi LNUED ON PAGE TWO

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 23, 1933,

2,000 KILLED DURING BATTLE IN GRAN CHACO Observers Estimate Loss To Bolivians In ThreeDay Battle SEEK POSSESSION OF LARGE SECTOR Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 2$ — (UP.' Bolivian losses in a desperate three-day battle for possession of the Nanawa (Ayala) sector of the Gran Chaco totalled 2,000 dead, military observers here estimated today. Except for a brief lull jusvt before dawn, the Bolivian attack was incessant throughout the night and redoubled in intensity at daybreak. The fight for possession of the sector, known to the Paraguayans as Nanawa and totlhe Bolivians as Ayala, was one of the most impoitant in months of warfare in the Gran Chaco. Paraguayan observers believed the "holocaust" was undertaken in a desperate effort by the Bolivian high command to break the backbone of the Paraguayan defense and start i a general drive mapped out by Gen. Hans Kundst, German milii tary expert directing their campaign. Advices from the front said that at daybreak today repeated waves of Bolivian infantry, behind a heavy attillery barrage, charged in vain against the Paraguayan lines. The (Paraguayans were greatlyaided by the swampy nature of (the terrain, which not only makes storming tactics difficult but largely nullifies the effect of high explosive shells, which burst with a shower of mud without damag- ’, ing the sandbagged positions much. Claim Victory Pez, Bolivia. Jan. 23 —(U.R) i A Bolivian victory in the Ayala t sector of the Gran Chaco was , claimed today in heavy fighting - between Bolivian and Paraguayan . troops. The Bolivians claimed tn have r smashed through the right wing of the Paraguayan defense and to have encircled the Alaya secI CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO I 0 JAPS SEIZURE IS DENOUNCED I i i i Japanese Statesmen Attacks Country’s Foreign Policies ■ t'okio. Jan. 23. —(U.R) —An attack I on the Japanese seizure of Manchuria was made in the diet today > by Hitoshi Ashida. Seiyukai party . member of the house of peers, who . demanded that Foreign Minister > I'chida categorically s;ate "wheth- > er Japan lias a definite foreign potl icy." The United States will not trusC Japan until it definitely under-1 stands Japan's Asiatic policy, Jhe I speaker said. Ashida charged during his interpellation that Uchiil.. and Min--o.er of War Araki were dictating I "Japan’s vaschillating foreign policy." He deplored his country's policy at Geneva and charged that , Japan has done nothing constructive in Manchuria. "There is tangible evidence ot Japan's power over Manchuria, but there is little evidence to be found . Jof our benevolence," he told the . startled members of the house of peers. The speaker recalled that General Araki has "repeatedly assert-! ed that Japan does not seek a penny of gain in Manchuria." "However, tlie facts prove otherwise." he charged. "So far, JapCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO , 1 I —O Hold Funeral Funeral services were held this ’ afternoon for George W. Keller, 82, of Monroe, a Civil War Veteran. The services were held tn the Mon- ' roe Methodist Episcopal Church wit the Rev. Robert Rash, pastor of ' the Winchester United Brethren Church officiating, assisted by the Rev. E. M. Dunbur of the Monroe M. E. Church and Rev. Vernon Riley of the Fri-nds Church Burial was made in the Ray Cemetery.

Receives Decoration Sheriff Burl Johnson today received a decoration from the war department for military bravery shown by him while serving will) the Rainbow Division in the World War. Sheriff Johnson was awarded one of the Washington Purple Heart medals. An inscription on the liack of the med il reads. "For military bravery." Sheriff Johnson was a member of headquarters company, 15th Field Artillery of the Rainbow division. He was in France abmjt I a year and a halt'. He was wound ed in one of the conflicts. REV.KDHNLIS ; NAMED PASTOR: ’' ■ 1 Former Decatur Man Is ■ Appointed To Bluffton Catholic Church Official announcement of the ap- ‘ pointment of the Rev. Father Ambrose Kohne, son of Mr. and Mrs. ; Alphonse Kohne of this city, as , pistor of St. Joseph's Catholic , church at Bluffton was made Sun- , day. , Father Kohne will assume his pastorate on Friday, January 27, succeeding the Rev. Father John A. Bapst. who has been pastor of the Bluffton church since April. 1929. Father Bapst was najned pastor of , St. John’s church, Hartford City, . succeeding Rev. Fithor Edward A. Boney, who was named pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic church. Goodland Father Kohne was ordained to the priesthood in June. 1927 and said his first mass in St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city on Sunday. June 12. His first appointment was as assistant io the Rev. Father Thomas Jansen of Holy Angeles church, Gary. In July 1930 he was appointed assistant to the Rev. Father Edward Mungovan, pastor of All St lints church at Hammond. The appointments were made by the Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. Noll, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Foil Wayne, following the naming of the Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz as pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, in this city. _Q 1 To Give Minstrel The Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge will present a regular old tashioned Elks Minstreal show in the near fitJure, it was announced today. Plans for the production are nearing com pletion. Ed A. Bosse is chairman in charge of the arrangements. The cast will be made up entirely of local Elk members. On the day of the show a monster paihde will be held. o Red Cross Bulletin Distribution of Red Cross garments will be made at the Red 1 Cross headquarters in the Chamber ' of Commerce room Tuesday and 1 Friday afternoons of this week from 1 1 to 4 p. m. Men who need overalls and trou- ' sers must know exact sizes. Wo- ' {men’s and Misses hose are also : I here. THREE BANDITS ESCAPE POLICE Men Frustrated In Fort < Wayne Rohbery Attempt Escape Fort Wayne, Jan. 23 —(U.R) — 1 Three bandits frustrated in an 1 ’ i attempt to rob a drug store here i last night escaped on foot when < their airtotnobile became mired in i mud during a running gun battle | with police. i Surprised while attempting to enter a rear door of the Gerding Pharmacy, the bandits Jumped : into their automobile and sped away. Police Ip a squad ear pursued them. The chase led through the south side of Fort Wayne with the police firing at the bandit car. The robbers, believed to be the same i persons that looted two other l drug stores and a men's furnish- i Ing store Saturday night, tempor- i arily eluded police hut abandoned I their car after it became stuck in the mud. I The abandoned automobile was , identified as one stolen from a l ' local garage. "

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SENATOR BORAH WILL SUPPORT CHEAP MONEY Veteran Republican Senator Announces Inflation Support URGES REDUCTION IN ALL EXPENSES Washington. Jan. 23. (U.R) Senator Borah. Repn., Idaho, has thrown tiis support behind the cheaper money movement in congress witli a statement warning that America is "traveling in a vicious circle toward economic collapse.” The veteran western insurgent declared it was futile to try to balance lie federal budget "until we settle the currency question. It can not be done .any more than you can build a house *upon a receding sandbar." He urged a $500,000,000 reduction in government expenses and denounced tlie proposed sales tax as a cruel levy which would further reduce purchasing power and deepen tlie depression. “It is going to be difficult—and I believe impossible to balance tlie budget, certainly to keep it balanced, until you balance the budget of the taxpayers," Borah said. “Is there any way to bring about the latter until you devise a plan for increasing tlie prices of commodities? Is there any way to do that except through reflation, through adjustment of the money problem ?" i With the United States and France virtually alone in retaining the gold standard, Borah said nations on a “manager currency basis" were taking away this country's domes: ic as well as foreign markets. He said the Pacific coast fish industry was being literally ruined by competition of cheap money nations. Farmers and other important lines of industry also are suf- j I'ering. Borah at this time did not advo-' cate any specific means of cheapening the currency, or “reflating" it, as he prefers to say. Measures introduced for this purpose include CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO 1 0 U.S. CONSULATE IS THREATENED Police Advise American Consul At Yokohama Os Possible Trouble 5 okoiiaiiia, Jan. 2.'. ('J.PI Police advised American consular officials! today t > transfer their wives from the consulate, and placed a guard around he building after 500 striking Japanese employes of the Singer Sewing Machine Company had been dispersed near there. Police arrested 145 demonstrators. American Consul Charles Dm vault ami his vice consuls made arrangements to move their families from Ihe consular apartments in ease of furl her trouble Seven police officers were stationed in the new granite eolisuiale building. 20 around the grounds, and 300 in an adjacent park. Police suggested that wives of consulate officials, including Mrs. Duvault : and Mrs. Merrll Deiiiiiiigliof. be ready to take refuge in the large vaults of tlie building, if necessary. Duvault advised American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew, at Tokio, that police warned him strikers might attempt to attack the consulate. The consul and his staff, however, appeared to .think police had overestimated tlie danger. Duvault, as well as members of the embassy staff at Tokio, were said to believe that the police were CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO ■- o Auto Catches Fire The Decatur fire departme t made a run to Schirmeyer street In the south part of the city Saturday night, shortly before 6 o’clock, where J. G. Niblick's c ir had c night fire. The fire started when the car hank fired through tlie carburetor while Mr. Niblick was attempting to drive out of a ditch. No damage was reported.

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A reception for tlie Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, newly appointed pastor of St. Mary's Catholic chinch in this city will be held Tuesday, January 3k Father Seimetz is a nephew of the late Father Julius A. Seimetz, 19 years, pastor of the local church. Father Seimetz will' arrive here Friday fioni Chesfertion. where he served' 12 years -as pastor of St. Patrick’s church.

NEW PASTOR TO BE WELCOMED Public Reception Will Be Held .January 31 For Rev. Seimetz A public reception will be given the Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, newly appointed pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church on Tuesday evening. January 31 in the auditorium of the Catholic school building. Father Seimetz will arrive here Friday afternoon from Chesterton, where for the past 12 years he has served as pastor of St. Peter’s Catholic church. He is a nephew of the [later Rev. Father Julius A. Seimetz, former pastor of St. Mary's whose [death occurred December 28. Father J. J. Hennes, assistant ! pastor announced today that a program was being prepared for the reception and would be announced in a few days. The pupils of St. Joseph's Catholic school will give a short playlet in connection with the program. Trurtees elected J. J. Reed, president of the Reed Elevator company and Hubert P. Schmitt, local meat market proprietor were elected trustees of St. Mary's church at a congregational meeting held Sunday morning. They r.recced Robert Meibers and Joseph Laurent who have served several years on the board. 0 Brotherhood To Meet The Otterbein Brotherhood of the [ First United Brethren Church will! meet at the’church Thursday night! at 7 o'clock for the regular meet-j ing. The subject, “How can we help each other in time of depression,"! will be presented. Refreshments will he served after the program. All men of the church are cordially invited. MANY EMPLOYES ARE DISCHARGED Thirty-Six Highway Department Workers Are Dismissed Today Indianapolis, Jan. 23— (U.R) — Discharge of 36 persons from the state highway department as one of the administration's fipst economy acts in that division was announced today by Hugh A. Barnhart, director The personnel reduction will effect an annual payroll savings of $47,682, Barnhart announced. At the same time, senate leaders announced the administration's "ripper" bill, designed to abolish the present state highway commission is slated for switt passage in the upper house this after- , noon. The bill provides for a three min bi-partisan commission to take the place of the present four man body and would eliminate the state highway director. Other bills which Democratic I CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE •'

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RATIFICATION IS COMPLETED BYMISSOURI Becomes 3fith State To Pass Constitutional Amendment PASS AMENDMENT IN LESS TITAN YEAR Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 23. — (U.R) — Missouri today ratified the lame duck amendment to the federal constitution. The House of Representatives, meeting several hours ahead of scheduled time, approved a joint resolution previously passed by the senate ratifying the amendment. Missouri therebj’ won from Massachusetts the honor of being the thirty-sixth state to ratify the iamendmen. and make it a part of tlie federal constitution. Action of the Missouri House was by unanimous vote of tlie representatives present. W. 11. Meredith, speaker of the house, learned early today the Massachusetts house was scheduled to meet at 2 p. m. eastern stun, diird lime lo ratify the amendment. That would have given the hon- ! or of putting the amendment across to Massachusetts, since the Missouri house was not scheduled to meet until 2 p. m. central standard time. Meredith immediately communicated with all members of the house who were in Jefferson City and informed them that the session would open at 10 a. m. Long distance calls were made to a number of representatives in nearby cities, and they were told to come to Jefferson City immed* lately. At 10 a. m. the house was called to order, and the roll call showed a quorum present. Edgar Keating, of Kansas City. ! Dem corat ic floor leader, then moved unanimous consent to have the session begin immediately instead of at the time scheduled when ! week-end adjournment was taken Friday. The resolution then was offered and was passed unanimously at 10:01 a. m.. without a record vote.. Speaker Meredith instructed that a roll call of the members present tie taken for the record and the ratification shown as having been unanimously by the vote of these members. Washington, Jan. 23—<U.R) —Th<l death sentence for lame duck sessions of congress was pronounced today. The famous Norris lame duel; | amendment has been ratified by 36 state legislatures and now beCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO FLOOD FORGES FAMILIES OUT Ten Families In Southern Indiana Forced To Abandon Homes Orleans, und., Jan. 23 ll’l’f- —Ten families were forced to abandon their homes here when heavy raimi caused waters of the Lost river to back up. As much as five feet of water filled the homes resulting in serious damage to property. The Lost river runs under Orleans about 18 feet below the surface. It emerges at Lawrenceville ■ several miles south of here. During excitement of the flood. Win Flora, 70, committed suicide. Pass Flood Stage Indianapolis, Jan. 23 — (UP) — Flood stage of the Wabash river was passed at Mt. Carmel, 111., today and the White River passed danger point at several southern i Indiana points, the U. S. weather bureau reported here. The state’s streams were swelled by week end trains which amounted to as much as 2.6 inches. Flood (Lingers existed only in southern Indiana. Peak river depths there have been reached in maii-y instances or will today or Tuesday, according to the weather bureau. rtt Mt. C irmel this morning the Wabash had reached 17 fee", a foot .above the flood stage. It will reach 20 or 21 feet before receding, the I weather bureau predicted.